Fengyuan Yang
The Ohio State University, USA
Title: Pure spin current in a broad range of materials generated by YIG-based spin pumping
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Biography: Fengyuan Yang
Abstract
Spintronics relies on the generation, transmission, manipulation, and detection of spin current mediated by itinerant charges or magnetic excitations. Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spin pumping is a powerful technique in understanding pure spin current. Building on the high-quality Y3Fe5O12 (YIG) films grown by our sputtering technique and the large inverse spin Hall Effect (ISHE) signals enabled by these films, we have characterized spin currents in several classes of materials with different magnetic structures, including: Nonmagnetic (NM) metals, ferromagnetic (FM) metals, nonmagnetic insulators, and antiferromagnetic (AF) insulators. The spin Hall angles determined for a series of 3d, 4d, and 5d NM metals show that both atomic number and d-electron count play important roles in spin Hall physics. By inserting an insulating spacer of various materials between YIG and Pt, we are able to probe the mechanism of spin pumping and the spin propagation. Using several NM insulating spacers, we observed exponential decay of the ISHE voltages in YIG/spacer/Pt trilayers, demonstrating dominant role of exchange coupling in spin pumping. Strikingly, we achieved robust spin transport from YIG to Pt across AF insulators, which initially enhances the ISHE signals and can transmit spin currents up to 100 nm thickness, demonstrating highly efficient spin transport through an AF insulator carried by magnetic excitations.
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